The Arches Community Primary School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C58
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Chester, CH1 5EZ
- Distance
- 0.8km away
J H Godwin Primary School
Melbourne Road, Blacon, Chester, CH1 5JG
Local ranking109th of 120 primary schools in Cheshire West and Chester
Ofsted: Needs attentionUpdated— score data refreshed 17 August 2026
Primary
Phase
210
Capacity
4-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Curriculum & teaching
- Needs attention
- Attendance & behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Needs attention
- Leadership & governance
- Needs attention
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 32.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 0.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 53.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 79.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 47.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 74.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 103.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 101.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 103.0
- Cohort Size
- 19
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 168
- Boys
- 82 (49%)
- Girls
- 86 (51%)
- Capacity
- 210 (80% full)
- SEND
- 29.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 38.7%
- EAL
- 14.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.6%
- SEN Support
- 25.6%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 9.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £9,043/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 6.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 19.3% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 78.3%
- White Other: 6.6%
- Asian Indian: 4.8%
- Black African: 3.0%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.8%
- White Irish: 1.2%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.2%
- Other: 1.2%
78.3%
White British
6.6%
White Other
4.8%
Asian Indian
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Melbourne Road
Chester, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 110983
- UKPRN
- 10077846
- Establishment No.
- 2065
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